Telegram-herald., 1887-10-12
AN AWFUL ACCIDENT
rsr PEOPLE KILLED oorsieHT.
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EoUrs. lad, OCf 1.-The recent fright
"a disaster Al ChALssoftA. Alnois. ~ss
practically saplicstssi near here lAss night
win a. lls horrors II darkness and dafk
nlxnt tbs loss "a many ives aad utter im-
possibility Of kiyins proper 4tEennoa - ins
injured. TIE Erie Express, -. II pulled
oat Of PolksE dsDot On Ihs CHICAGO q
Atlantic road Al - O'Clock lssS evening.
Conductor PARKS ~as Ia enaf<e and Eng
u-er Canasr AID slrssaaa Wllsgs sers ia
ths locomotive. The Ersln N4s aaads aP %
TO Pullman sieepers. tar coach. fFuls
car snd 8azxazs ear. ins nizht as dAIk
snd misty zad ths fsiis sllfpelF The train
aai 5ssn Oilt of Chicago o4t ie~ mO4nents
shea Enaneer Conner discovered that his
engine aai broken hsr scoeltric strap. A.
thls mlsAap % ~ ifsss asnt occurrences Con-
nor e0nanled on h.s tuD bY sofkinS One
sits % his looomotiss. The miaAap less-
s0ed The sDssd ol the train ~ such Al sx-
t-aE thai 1aen iE swept oy bOous Grove, a
8isnai pralTls station ave mlles vest Of
this place lE sas tHo hours i.le.
While ths 1ippied Passenger Tsin
saa running through his bleak strip OF
country a heavy refrigerator train With tons
of lresh meat packed ia ius long hne n
ears sas Numbering along a. great sv~ea
onlv few miles behind john Dorsey s.s
sneineer of the freight engine. and, = IS
...d had orders - loox 0aE ior the psssen-
ger tFaia. AFTER passing Boone Grove An-
xinesr Counor stopped as train &C water
lank. tso and one aalf miles vest OF this
village or Aldsay between hefe
sad boone Grove. A sOou as hs
nal lea0sd from bis engine hs
threw up a distant ssmaphare amp nearly
bali mile "a the re4f, this vas 70 Narn
Ghs freight train thai The express tfAia had
.,ooo-d Tor water tie bad not been 81
he fsok more thAn two minutes when ne
heard The freight train thundsflng behind.
To. grade a. this point u very stsep and
-tth slsDoery rails heavy train runs a. a
furious ra5s IL vas too ate " warn The
train shich wss sweeping a. tremsndoas
speed Enxin9ser Dorsey had failed 70 see
ths oix red semAphare hight and
MS locomotive tore through ths log anu
mist 0ntsi it crashed into the rear Pullman
car. Besore ina collision occurred Dorsey
.nd his ar.man ss. tha lamps 0urninE on
The doomed express train. but it vas too
ala 20 avoid disaster. The two men leapod
rom their cab aud then the crash came
The engine Of the freight plunged SO lar
into the rear OF the Pullman cosch that IL
upper works dropped OF Ia the esnter Of
ths coach. The conclusion drove the sec
ond heavy sleeper into the day coach,
which sas rest4cel 10 sptn1sfs -He P.sl
form OF every car was torn az and
thus the wrecked ends u each cO4ea were
broken ike egx shells The cars OF ne
freight train were hurled IA every direc-
ton. The upper works Of the engine we're
torn away, the tender thrown across the
track and piled up for tuenty rods about
the prairie we're hundreds OF pounds OF the
freight. The cars took IRE and burned
fariously. The crews Of both trains, Who
had s-caped with but slight injuries, set AZ
work dragging Out the helpless passengers.
IL wss Ia a day coach that the slaughter
occurred
50 lar a. can be learned the following
persons lost their lives DR. Edward Perry
OF North Judson. Auditor OF STARK county
Mrs. DR. Edward Perry. Ada Grsce Perry
Chas. Miller. OF Dundee. H.. Lena Miller
Wilhelm Miller Fred Miller. Ainnis
Miller. sn unknown Irish lady burned De-
yond rscoxnition AID an unknown man.
The isfaliy injured are. Herman Miller,
OF Dundee. anu sn unknown man. The
number Of those seriously injured Z:
6feen. IL = believed that the liss OF ths
dead sill Be increased to twenty